Photo Album List
My photos are organized into albums that are either single day mountain climbs or multiple day backpacking trips. Click on the image to see the album or use the buttons to switch between pages. There are 128 photo albums listed on 13 pages.
Upper Trail Creek Loop
Date: 2017-07-29
The upper part of trail creek is a nice area for camping outside of Ketchum, Idaho. My wife, our two dogs and myself decided to take a hike on a trail that looped up one fork of Trail Creek and down another. The hike was fun, but the trail was mostly lacking besides for a few miles near the bottom of the loop.
Big Black Dome
Date: 2017-07-28
Big Black Dome is a large rounded mountain located at the edge of the Pioneer Mountains above Copper Basin. The mountain was a nice morning climb up one of its ridges. Once on the top I turned the hike into a loop by following the ridge over to another small point (which I saw 7 mountain goats on the back side of) then down another ridge.
Lost River Twins
Date: 2017-07-26
The Lost River Twins are called the North Twin (11081) and the South Twin (11070) and are the only two peaks above 11,000+ feet south of Pass Creek in the Lost River Range. This hike took me up Elbow Canyon and to the summit of both peaks.
Cobb Peak
Date: 2017-07-21
Cobb Peak is located in the Pioneer Mountains with an elevation of 11,650 feet. Cobb Peak is part of three peaks known as the Pioneer Triumvite (Trifecta) which includes Cobb, Hyndman and Old Hyndman Peaks. This mountain sits out from the main divide and proivded an execelent view of the range.
Galena Peak
Date: 2017-07-07
Galena Peak is located in the Boulder Mountains. It is the northern most 11,000+ foot peak in the range with an elevation of 11,153 feet. These photos come from a hike in which I walked up the top of the peak along one ridge and then descend down another.
North Loon Mountain
Date: 2016-09-05 -> 2016-09-07
North Loon Mountain is the higest mountain in the Lick Creek Range of the Salmon River Mountains. The previous year I had tried to climb the mountain by first climbing South Loon and then walking the ridge between them. But due to the fires in the area and lack of any trail maitence since then, traveling to the mountain took a lot longer than anticipated and I only had time to climb South Loon. This time I approached the mountain from the other side by first back packing into Loon lake then climibing the mountain from there.
Craters of the Moon
Date: 2016-08-12
Craters of the Moon is a national park that is an old lava flow created by the hot spot which is now under Yellowstone. My wife and I took a day to visit the park and check out some of the unique features of lava flows.
Ajax Peak
Date: 2016-08-06
Ajax Peak is located on the Contential Divide in the Beaverhead Mountains outside of Salmon, Idaho. Ajax was the name of my wife's dog who had passed away eariler that year, and in his honor we both climbed to the top of this 10,028 foot peak.
Shelly and Redbird Mountains
Date: 2016-08-03
Shelly Mountain is the highest mountains in the White Knob Mountains, with an elevation of 11,278 feet, while Redbird Mountain comes in close second with an elevation of 11,273 feet. These photos are from a day hike in which I started at Antelope Pass and walked the ridge over to these two mountains and climbed them both.
Devil's Bedsted West
Date: 2016-08-01
Devil's Bedstead West is located in the Pioneer Mountains with an elevation of 11,051 feet. This mountain is named Devil's Bedstead on the USGS quad, but some (including myself) think this was a map error. This is an impressive mountain but compared to the other mountains that are all almost 12,000 feet near by, this mountain is small in comparision. On the otherside of Kane creek is a very impressive looking mountain, called Devil's Bedstead East the original Bedstead.